Essay On Cinematography Of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

559 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Alfred hitchcock camera techniques

Cinematography of Hitchcocks Psycho Alfred Hitchcock is renown as a master cinematographer (and editor), notwithstanding his overall brilliance in the craft of film. His choice of black and white film for 1960 was regarded within the film industry as unconventional since color was perhaps at least five years the new standard. But this worked tremendously well. After all, despite the typical filmgoer’s dislike for black and white film, Psycho is popularly heralded among film buffs as his finest cinematic achievement; so much so, that the man, a big …show more content…

Regular among his works, Hitchcock opens the film with a hovering crane shot coasting over the setting of Phoenix, Arizona. Even without the mysterious, chilling soundtrack, the shot itself watched in silence evokes a timid passage into danger. In a long take it sweeps across the cityscape to build initial curiosity in the viewer, and then surpasses a curtain-drawn window into the presence of a hotel room’s trysting occupants. Immediately the viewer is called into confronting his/her discretion regarding those things we are not customarily meant to see, in such ideas as privacy and good taste. How far should the law step into a man’s world before he is discovered with reasonable certitude for engaging in illegal activities?

Show More
Related

  • Kokoda Campaign Analysis

    735 Words  | 2 Pages

    ... to hold Port Moresby from the Japanese until the AIF assisted. Kokoda lead to the growth of the nation because of the conditions that the Australian troops had to go through was unbearable and amazing how they were still able to defeat the Japanese.

    Read More

  • Essay On Kokoda Battle

    890 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Kokoda Battle occurred from the 21st July 1942 to 16th November in 1942, during World War II. It was a campaign which resulted in an aggressive fight between the Japanese and the Allies. I believe that, based on my research, the Kokoda Battle in World War II was a significant battle for Australians to a great extent. I believe this for three reasons: firstly, the battle was culturally significant to Australia: secondly, the battle was strategically significant to Australia: and thirdly, the battle was of military significance to Australia. I will argue that these reasons are three strong reasons.

    Read More

  • Hitchcock’s Work at an Auteur in his Movie, Vertigo

    446 Words  | 1 Pages

    Hitchcock has characteristics as an auteur that is apparent in most of his films, as well as this one.

    Read More

  • Film Analysis Of Alfred Hitchcock's Film Vertigo

    563 Words  | 2 Pages

    Thus placing the film fully emersed in the old, mysterious, dreamlike settings of the city, they are equally balanced with modern technology and the collective past gives viewers a sense of definite decay, with no sure centre for future (Spotto 277). Through Hitchcock’s films Americans could reminiscence and ruminate about their past-a kind of nostalgia and longingness is created. When Scottie meets Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) in the shipbuilders’ office at the Embarcadero, what he says is striking: “The things that spell San Francisco to me are disappearing fast,” Elster complains quietly and referring to the old maps and woodcuts in his office he continues, “I should have liked to have lived here then-colour, excitement, power, freedom” (qtd in Spoto 280-281/qtd from the film). Here his speech echoes urbanisation that has gripped America and he also expresses a typical American sentiment of longingness for the past well expressed. And the sadness of the old things “disappearing past” is deliberately introduced to effect in Scottie and in us who are urged to identify with him, a nostalgia for bygone era (Spoto 281). Hitchcock has taken the film keeping in mind the viewers of postwar America who were nostalgic. Artist should be able to read the mind of the people. Taine has already pointed out the importance of ‘the man, milieu and

    Read More

  • Gallipoli - The Anzac Legend

    715 Words  | 2 Pages

    Some would say The Anzac Legend all began when Britain declared they were in need of help and it was Australia’s duty to go to their aid. Australia tossed aside experience and opted for youth. There were big incentives to go. To travel and visit foreign places, economic reasons, to be with their mates but the most incentive of all was that Britain needed help.

    Read More

  • The Significance of the Gallipoli Campaign in Australian History

    882 Words  | 2 Pages

    Australian men were very keen to get involved in the war because they felt that it was their duty and if they didn’t go to war it would make them look cowardly. “Men rushed to enlist. In the first two weeks 7000 Victorian men volunteered for the first Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and 10 000 in Sydney.” It was a man’s duty to go to war. Most people who lived in Australia felt an obligation to England. England was at war so Australians wanted to go and help them. “The war would be glorious, exciting and ‘over by Christmas’.” This is what people were hearing at the time. Australia was not geographically close to the war in Europe and they did not know the realities of war. They got a huge shock when they...

    Read More

  • A shot by shot analysis of a major scene in Hitchcocks Notorious

    1169 Words  | 3 Pages

    1.     The scene begins by fading in on the back of the silent man’s head (Cary Grant) in Alicia’s bungalow. Then the camera zooms out while sweeping right to give the first full shot and view of both of the main characters. They are shown seated at a table, with many empty bottles of liquor and glasses.

    Read More

  • Techniques Used by Hitchcock in Psycho

    547 Words  | 2 Pages

    killed off so early in the film. As well as this, (later on in the

    Read More

  • Development of Suspense by Hitchcock in Psycho

    2047 Words  | 5 Pages

    Development of Suspense by Hitchcock in Psycho 'Psycho,' the somewhat infamous film by Alfred Hitchcock was produced in 1961, a time when the American censors, The Hays Office, still dominated the film industry with their strict rules and principles. It earned its notoriety by defying the traditional cinematic convections of that time and pushing the boundaries of what could be shown in mainstream cinema. The rules implemented by The Hays Office were far stricter than they are today, and Hitchcock uses all available means to reach and go slightly beyond the set limit. Using clever and different camera angles, he implies things that are not shown. He proves that innuendoes can portray the same image and retract the same audience responses as blatant actions and pictures.

    Read More

  • Hitchcock's Techniques in Psycho

    459 Words  | 1 Pages

    bank. Marion went home there was a close up shot on the money then on

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Ceremony By Leslie Marmon Silko 'Ceremony'

    551 Words  | 2 Pages

    “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Laozi. In Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, Tayo’s journey is being told. The reader travels in time with Tayo to experience pre and post war living, and to an extent, the role Native Americans play during that era. Through Tayo’s life, we see the importance of storytelling, and how without it, a culture is lost. Silko uses Tayo’s perception as a template to explain how storytelling guides a person mentally, strengthens a person physically, and supports a person emotionally. Without the cultural aspect of tradition and storytelling, there would be no journey because Tayo wouldn’t have known how to take that first step.

    Read More

  • Tension in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

    1831 Words  | 4 Pages

    make the sets look in such a way that the audience were on edge from

    Read More

  • Hitchcock's Film Psycho

    1579 Words  | 4 Pages

    Hitchcock's Film Psycho Ever since the first horror movies were produced they have attracted huge audiences seeking to be scared, chilled and thrilled. Horror movies are so popular because the audience can get the adrenaline rush of being scared without actually putting themselves in danger, and also the audience ultimately get a rush of relief at the end of the film when the killer is killed. This is the same reason why people go on roller coasters because you get the adrenaline rush and then the relief when you get off. Also often horror movies are highly sexual films, and what's more it's a great excuse to hug your girlfriend! Horror movies started in the 1920's with German masterpieces of the silent era such as the ''Nosferatu'' directed by F.W Murneau (1922).

    Read More

  • Mac Book Air Evaluation : The Macbook Air

    1270 Words  | 3 Pages

    ...00, a MacBook Air has significantly more capabilities for such a minor increase in price. Needless to say many Apple products are trendsetting among current technologies.

    Read More

  • Feminism

    685 Words  | 2 Pages

    This lack of men’s vision of life impacts to take influences from other men. In Simpson’s story, there are some clear feminist ideas that she portrays in her stories, probably due to a lack of a prominent male figure in her life. The lack of a father figure really seems to be apparent, especially when she supposed "And who knows, maybe I'll meet someone tonight, you never know. And I'd hate to meet the right man when I had on the wrong shoe." I feel like she is just looking for a man to love and man to love her. In her life, Simpson had a brother, known as Steve Jobs that she met during her twentieth. I found it extremely interesting she is so closely related to Steve Jobs. According to a biography on Mona Simpson: “The pair, despite their long separation, developed a close bond as adults.”

    Read More

More about Essay On Cinematography Of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

Open Document